Move over Stallone, there’s an even older, buffer action star on-screen this summer, and this one’s connected enough to get Steven Seagal in his movie. At 66, Danny Trejo has two years on Sly and has appeared in almost four times as many films. Despite having one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, this is the first time Trejo has played the lead role in a theatrical feature. He’s appeared in just about every Robert Rodriguez movie (always as characters with knife-themed names) but the idea for Machete has been gestating since 1995 when they were working on their first collaboration, Desperado. In my opinion, Rodriguez should have made this movie 8 years ago instead of Desperado’s dismal follow-up Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Machete actually has a lot in common with the messy conclusion to the Mariachi trilogy except that its overt sense of humour makes us forgive the jumble of characters shooting their way around a ridiculous plot.
